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December 2009
Poll results: Kanye biggest jerk, Jon and Kate most annoying….
One thing is abundantly clear, Ohioans are opinionated when it comes to pop culture and the creatures that inhabit it.
The results of our unscientific 2009 Best/ Worst pop culture polls are in sort of ( Polls are ongoing. Click the links below to vote).
Here are a few results:
Year’s most annoying couple (1,663 votes as of Wednesday): Jon and Kate Gosselin were voted the most annoying, receiving 59 percent of votes. The Gosselins were trailed by Speidi (Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag) with 27 percent of votes and that old, standby struck in my craw pair Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with 6 percent of votes.
Year’s biggest jerk (1,227 votes as of Wednesday) — Kanye West won easily with 37 percent of the vote. Tiger Wood’s was selected second biggest jerk with 23 percent. Jon Gosselin came in third with 14 percent of votes.
Year’s most scandalous story (667 votes) — “Tiger Woods is a big fat cheater” was voted the most scandalous story of the year by 41 percent of votes. “Mackenzie Phillips says she had sex with her dad John” came in second with 13 percent of votes. “Balloon Boy barfs, his parents are liars” rounded out the top three with 12 percent of votes.
Year’s best “feel good” story (500 votes) — “Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and his crew save a plane full of passengers during miracle on the Hudson River” won with 76 percent of votes. “Susan Boyle proves frumps can sing” nabbed 20 percent of votes and “Whitney Houston back without Bobby and crack” recieved 2 percent of votes.
Year’s worst fake celebrity ( 368 votes) — “Octomom” Nadya Suleman received 32 percent of the vote. Jon and Kate came in second. Speidi (Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag) nabbed the much sought after third spot with 18 percent of the vote.
Year’s biggest alleged cheater ( 245) - No shocker here, 67 percent of people thought Tiger Woods was the biggest cheater of the year. Mark Sanford and John Edward tied for second with 9 percent of the vote each. David Letterman and Jon Gosselin tied for third.
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TweetDick Clark’s ‘Rockin’ Eve’ days might be numbered
Everyone knows that New Year’s Eve is pretty blah without the world’s oldest teenager.
There might be blah days ahead.
Dick Clark, who recently celebrated his 80th b-day, will once again help Ryan Seacrest and Fergie usher in the New Year during ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2010,” according to USA Today.
Clark, who still suffers some effects of a stroke in 2004, said the event remains exciting, but he doesn’t know if he’ll be back to help host the show next year.
“I still haven’t made up my mind. I still enjoy the honor of sharing in so many people’s annual celebration. I wish my delivery was crisp and clean, but due to my stroke I’m happy that Ryan Seacrest now carries the heavier load,” he told the newspaper.
Who is your favorite New Year’s countdown host?
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TweetShould Levi, Bristol or hungry Chia Pets get custody of baby Tripp?
Poor, poor, poor Tripp.
Like brides-to-be at a wedding dress sample sale, Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin are fighting it out over the 1-year-old’s custody.
And you thought the feud between Johnston’s clan and the family of former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin could possibly end before Tripp’s 18th birthday.
According to the “Anchorage Daily News,” Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin’s daughter, filed a petition in November seeking child support and full custody of Tripp.
Johnston would get only scheduled visitation. His mother, Sherry Johnston, would be barred from seeing the baby unsupervised.
Bristol Palin said she and her family take care of Tripp.
Immature Levi, on the other hand, runs around half naked working on his ‘celebrity career,’ Palin claims.
The reality show-seeking Johnston apparently is more willing to play somewhat nicer. He wants to share custody of Tripp with Bristol.
This week a judge denied Bristol Palin’s attempt to keep the case confidential.
Click here to read the court documents on the Anchorage Daily News site.
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TweetWho was the worst fake celebrity of 2009?
Faux celebrities (you know, people famous for no apparent reason) cemented a place in our hearts this year as they worked diligently to turn fifteen minutes of fame into two or three train wrecks.
Photos of 2009’s fake celebrities
Newsworthy events like Speidi’s fight with Al Roker and the release of Octomom’s Octo-belly captured the headlines in 2009 and made life that much more lifeless.
We tried to look away, but couldn’t. How could we? There was always a slim chance Levi Johnston would mud wrestle Sarah Palin.
The year’s crop of fake “stars” made us long for the days when Cher and Prince were running around with her bums out.
Now those were good times.
The whole thing begs one pressing question: who was the worst fake celebrity of 2009?
And while you are at it, vote in our other end-of-the-year pop culture polls: Who was 2009’s biggest alleged cheater?
Who was the most annoying couple of 2009?
What was the best ‘feel good’ story of 2009?
What was the most scandalous story of 2009?
Who was the biggest jerk of 2009?
Come back to this blog later to vote in another year-in-review poll.
Find out the results of the Best/Worst of the year polls on New Year’s Eve.
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TweetSusan Sarandon and Tim Robbins separate
Twenty-three years was apparently enough for Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
One of the most well-known and outspoken couples in Hollywood has called it quits, according to PEOPLE.com.
The couple has two sons together.
The actual breakup happened over the summer, according to People. Thank Youtube.com for some truly spectacular videos dedicated to the love that was.
Whose going to spout out at award shows now?
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TweetAmy Winehouse arrested at Cinderella performance, calls the Ugly Sisters ‘Bs’
Just when we thought she was mellowing out (sort of) here comes news that Amy Winehouse has been arrested and at a fairytale no less.
According to The Times Online, the 26-year-old soul singer got into a scrap with a manager at Milton Keynes Theatre in London during a performance of Cinderella Saturday, Dec. 19.
The site says she called the Ugly Sisters b$#@es and repeatedly shouted “He’s f*ing behind you!”
Winehouse was charged under the name Amy Civil with a public order offense and common assault, according to the Associated Press.
Perhaps Mrs. Civil wasn’t in the ” happily ever after” mood.
The legally-troubled “Rehab” singer was granted a divorce from her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, in July.
Winehouse is free on bail. She is set to appear in court Jan. 20.
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TweetRapper released from the slammer
One of the best selling rappers of the decade has been released from the slammer.
T.I. (Clifford Harris Jr.) was released from an Arkansas prison Tuesday morning. The Grammy-winning MTV ‘Road to Redemption’ star was sentenced to a year and a day in jail, but served 7 months.
He is expected to stay in a halfway house for up to three months, according to the Associated Press.
T.I. was arrested on charges he tried to buy machine guns and ammo from undercover agents in 2007.
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TweetPick 2009’s biggest alleged cheater
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we run around with cocktail waitresses and paid staff.
What a year of alleged adultery and revelations of alleged adultery 2009 has been.
From the cheating golfer to the cheating governor to the alledgedly cheating Gosselin, gossip lovers kept their noses glued to the grindstone.
Photos of cheating (A-lled-ged-ly!) celebs
If we didn’t know better, you’d think American had turned in a cheating paradise. (May be it has.)
But who was the biggest cheat? Was it Tiger? Was it Letterman? Was it LeAnn Rimes (didn’t see that one coming did you)?
Cast your vote in our biggest cheat of 2009 poll.
And while you are at it, vote in our other end-of-the-year pop culture polls:
Who was the most annoying couple of 2009?
What was the best ‘feel good’ story of 2009?
What was the most scandalous story of 2009?
Who was the biggest jerk of 2009?
Come back to this blog later to vote in another year-in-review poll.
Find out the results of the Best/Worst of the year polls on New Year’s Eve.
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TweetCarrie Underwood shows off her blinged engagement ring
If the size of the engagement ring is any indication, hockey player Mike Fisher love country cutie Carrie Underwood this much <——————————>.
Underwood couldn’t help showing off her engagement ring at last night’s e Ottawa Senators’ game, according to MTV’s Hollywood Crush.
According to the gossip site’s reporting, the ring appears to be a 5-plus carat round diamond with blinged out side stones. They estimate it cost $150,000.
Underwood and Fisher announced their engagement Monday, Dec. 21.
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Let’s hope the size of the engagement ring matches the size of the love.
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TweetDid prescription drugs abuse lead to Brittany Murphy’s death?
The coroner’s report is far from complete, but pathologist Cyril Wecht is certain actress Brittany Murphy died the way of Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith and so many other stars - prescription drug misuse.
Wecht appeared on CBS’ “Early Show” Tuesday, Dec. 22. He said young starlets just don’t drop dead.
“When you have a 32-year-old person dying suddenly, and especially a celebrity in Los Angeles, you can place your bet down that it’s going prove to be a case of acute combined drug toxicity,” he said, later adding that some of the drugs found in Murphy’s home have been linked to other celebrity deaths.
Wecht predicted that it will be learned that prescriptions where written for Murphy in fictitious names as well as in the name of her family members.
An autopsy had been conducted on Murphy and officials were awaiting the results of toxicology and tissue testing before determining a final cause of death.
Early indications are that Murphy died of natural causes related to her heart.
I guess it depends on what you mean by ‘natural causes.’
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TweetYou decide: Who was the most annoying couple of 2009?
Love can be so darn annoying when the people in it are well, despicable.
From Speidi to Zanessa, annoying celebrities did all sort of annoying lovin’ in 09.’
Photos of annoyingly cute celeb couples
But which pair made you want to scratch out your eyes the most?
Help us crown king and queen of the annoying homecoming. Vote for the most annoying pair in 2009 and help make history.
And while you are at it, vote in our other end-of-the-year pop culture polls:
What was the best ‘feel good’ story of 2009?
What was the most scandalous story of 2009?
Who was the biggest jerk of 2009?
Come back to this blog later to vote in another year-in-review poll.
Find out the results of the Best/Worst of the year polls on New Year’s Eve.
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TweetSNL clip mocking Brittany Murphy pulled from the Web
Fat chance you’ll find the SNL clip of comic Abby Elliott’s impersonation of Brittany Murphy.
In the wake of the Murphy’s sudden death Sunday (her family says she was ill for several days) , the-not-so-funny-now clip has been removed from YouTube.com, Hulu and the Saturday Night Live website.
In the clip first aired two weeks ago, Murphy is mocked for being fired from the film “The Caller.”
The New York Daily News jotted down text of the clip before it was yanked.
It went something like this:
Elliott playing Murphy: “I’m really honored to be here hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.’”
Weekend Update host Seth Meyers: “No, Brittany, you’re not hosting.”
Elliott playing Murphy on being fired from the movie: “I got a plan… When the movie comes out, I’m going to go to the theater and say, ‘Booooo.’ And then the audience will join in and say, ‘Boo’ … Best plan ever.”
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TweetCAST YOUR VOTE for best ‘feel good’ story of 2009
In a world teeming with an abundance of blah and a whole lot of blee, pop culture stories that make you smile seem few and far between.
Despite all the garbage and the Balloon Boy Hoax, 2009 had plenty of happy. And thanks to the Internet, moments we missed live could be watched over and over again (go Susan Boyle, go).
But what was the best feel good story this year? Here is your chance to help us decide.
And while you are at it, vote in our other end-of-the-year pop culture polls:
What was the most scandalous story of 2009.
Click here to vote for the jerk of the year.
Come back to this blog later to vote in another year-in-review poll.
Find out the results of the Best/Worst of the year polls on New Year’s Eve.
Let us know if we’ve left thing or anyone off the list.
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TweetBrittany Murphy dead at 32
Update: CNN is now confirming that actress Brittany Murphy has died citing Los Angeles police and hospital officials.
TMZ.com originally reported the death at 1:37 p.m. and had been updating the story throughout the day. More from TMZ.com
Earlier:
According to TMZ.com, actress Brittany Murphy has died.
They report that the 32-year-old actress, known best for roles in “Clueless” and “8 Mile”, went into full cardiac arrest this morning and couldn’t be revived.
The story is still developing and there is no official confirmation of her death in the report.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dies-cardiac-arrest
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TweetCast your vote: What was the most scandalous story of 2009?
Scandal here, scandal there, in 2009 scandal was everywhere.
From the break up of a very large family ( Jon and Kate) to a hoax involving a kid with a sensitive stomach (Balloon Boy) , there was much nonsense to distract a stressed nation this year.
Lord knows there were more important things going on in the world, but seriously, who can resist a good scandal every now and again.
Pop culture gossip is like creme brulee on a rainy day. Besides, it gives you something to talk about.
Today’s question: what was the most scandalous story of 2009?
Will Tiger and his transgressions win the day or will it be the sudden and suspicious death of the King of Pop?
Cast your vote and share your thoughts with the Miami Valley.
There is definitely more where this came from. Click here to vote for the jerk of the year.
Come back to this blog next week to vote in another year-in-review poll.
Find out the results of the Best/Worst of the year polls on New Year’s Eve.
Let us know if we’ve left thing or anyone off the list.
Photos: Celebrity scandals of 2009
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TweetWas Jessica Simpson one of Tiger’s cubs?
Jessica Simpson is a lot of things, but a home-wrecking alley cat apparently isn’t one of them.
The pop singer/”actress” is fighting mad about “Star” magazine’s reports that she and Tiger Woods flirted and exchanged email addresses and phone numbers, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
She may sue the supermarket tabloid.
One of Simpson’s friends reportedly told the Times that Simpson ‘‘never would have done such a thing, because she knew all about Tiger and his cheatin’ ways.’’
Apparently Jessica isn’t the only woman who wants to get far, far away from Tiger.
According to ABC.com, Elin Nordegren, Tiger’s wife, is shopping around for a divorce attorney.
Let’s just hope she gets the irons.
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TweetPoll: Who was the biggest jerk of the 2009?
It’s too bad jerk energy can not be bottle and sold on the international market.
If it were, America’s economic recession would have lasted a mere weekend.
I declare 2009 ‘year of the jerk.’ Jerk lover should be pleased.
We enjoyed a fruitful harvest of jerkiness.
There was Tiger and his naughty cubs, Balloon Boy’s whacked out dad, Kanye West being Kanye West, bad dad Jon Gosselin and icky Octomom.
With so many (fill in the blanks) to choose from, it was pretty tough to narrow down a list of top jerks of 2009.
We gave it our best.
Here’s your chance to select 2009’s top jerk.
Come back tomorrow to vote on another poll. Let us know if we’ve left anyone off the list.
Decisions, decisions…
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TweetTiger Woods mistress shows off her “o-face”
Tiger Woods may or may not have seen Jamie Jungers make the face below.
The self-proclaimed mistress of golfer Tiger Woods flashed her “o-face” during a recent event in New York for Three-O Root Beer Vodka.
The vodka company encourages its fans to show off their o-faces.
If you know what I am sort of talking about, you know what I am sort of talking about.
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TweetLindsay Lohan’s dad arrested
Michael Lohan continues to make Jon Gosselin look like father of the decade.
Lohan, Li-Lo’s dad, has been arrested in New York on allegations he violated a protection order, the AP says.
Lindsay’s daddy apparently doesn’t understand do not call your ex-girlfriend means do not call your ex-girlfriend.
Lohan was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor charge of criminal contempt. Prosecutors say he called his girlfriend Sunday.
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TweetLegendary evangelist Oral Roberts dies
Legendary evangelist Oral Roberts died today, Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Newport Beach, Calif., due to complications from pneumonia, according Tulsa World.
The 91-year-old is the founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University.
Roberts’ son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side, according to a press release.
“Oral Roberts was the greatest man of God I’ve ever known,” Richard Roberts said. “A modern-day apostle of the healing ministry, an author, educator, evangelist, prophet, and innovator, he was the only man of his generation to build a worldwide ministry, an accredited university, and a medical school.”
A public memorial service is being planned in Tulsa, Okla.
The televangelist was hospital Saturday after falling at his home in California.
Share your thoughts.
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Tweet‘Up in the Air’ leads Golden Globes with 6 nominations
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards today, Dec. 15, 2009.
‘Up in the Air’ starring George Clooney leads the nominations with six. The new TV show ‘Glee’ leads nominations in the TV category with four.
What are your picks for Golden Globe best pictures?
Here are all the nominations as posted on the Golden Globes Web site. 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA a. AVATAR Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox b. THE HURT LOCKER Voltage Pictures C/O 42West; Summit Entertainment c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate e. UP IN THE AIR Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA a. EMILY BLUNT THE YOUNG VICTORIA b. SANDRA BULLOCK THE BLIND SIDE c. HELEN MIRREN THE LAST STATION d. CAREY MULLIGAN AN EDUCATION e. GABOUREY SIDIBE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA a. JEFF BRIDGES CRAZY HEART b. GEORGE CLOONEY UP IN THE AIR c. COLIN FIRTH A SINGLE MAN d. MORGAN FREEMAN INVICTUS e. TOBEY MAGUIRE BROTHERS
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures b. THE HANGOVER Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures c. IT’S COMPLICATED Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures d. JULIE & JULIA Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing e. NINE The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. SANDRA BULLOCK THE PROPOSAL b. MARION COTILLARD NINE c. JULIA ROBERTS DUPLICITY d. MERYL STREEP IT’S COMPLICATED e. MERYL STREEP JULIE & JULIA
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. MATT DAMON THE INFORMANT! b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS NINE c. ROBERT DOWNEY JR. SHERLOCK HOLMES d. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (500) DAYS OF SUMMER e. MICHAEL STUHLBARG A SERIOUS MAN
7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM a. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing b. CORALINE Laika, Inc.; Focus Features c. FANTASTIC MR. FOX American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox d. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures e. UP Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM a. BAARIA (ITALY) Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment b. BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN) El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics c. THE MAID (CHILE) (LA NANA) Forastero; Elephant Eye Films d. A PROPHET (FRANCE) Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics e. THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY) (DAS WEISSE BAND - EINE DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE) Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE a. PENÉLOPE CRUZ NINE b. VERA FARMIGA UP IN THE AIR c. ANNA KENDRICK UP IN THE AIR d. MO’NIQUE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE e. JULIANNE MOORE A SINGLE MAN
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE a. MATT DAMON INVICTUS b. WOODY HARRELSON THE MESSENGER c. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER THE LAST STATION d. STANLEY TUCCI THE LOVELY BONES e. CHRISTOPH WALTZ INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
11. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE a. KATHRYN BIGELOW THE HURT LOCKER b. JAMES CAMERON AVATAR c. CLINT EASTWOOD INVICTUS d. JASON REITMAN UP IN THE AIR e. QUENTIN TARANTINO INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
12. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE a. NEILL BLOMKAMP, DISTRICT 9, TERRI TATCHELL b. MARK BOAL THE HURT LOCKER c. NANCY MEYERS IT’S COMPLICATED d. JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR, SHELDON TURNER e. QUENTIN TARANTINO INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE a. MICHAEL GIACCHINO UP b. MARVIN HAMLISCH THE INFORMANT! c. JAMES HORNER AVATAR d. ABEL KORZENIOWSKI A SINGLE MAN e. KAREN O, CARTER BURWELL WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE a. “CINEMA ITALIANO” — NINE Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston b. “I WANT TO COME HOME” — EVERYBODY’S FINE Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney c. “I WILL SEE YOU” — AVATAR Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell d. “THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)” — CRAZY HEART Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett e. “WINTER” — BROTHERS Music by: U2 Lyrics by: Bono
15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA a. BIG LOVE (HBO) Anima Sola and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment b. DEXTER (SHOWTIME) Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions c. HOUSE (FOX) Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry d. MAD MEN (AMC) AMC e. TRUE BLOOD (HBO) Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment
16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA a. GLENN CLOSE DAMAGES b. JANUARY JONES MAD MEN c. JULIANNA MARGULIES THE GOOD WIFE d. ANNA PAQUIN TRUE BLOOD e. KYRA SEDGWICK THE CLOSER
17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA a. SIMON BAKER THE MENTALIST b. MICHAEL C. HALL DEXTER c. JON HAMM MAD MEN d. HUGH LAURIE HOUSE e. BILL PAXTON BIG LOVE
18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. 30 ROCK (NBC) Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc. b. ENTOURAGE (HBO) Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment c. GLEE (FOX) Twentieth Century Fox Television d. MODERN FAMILY (ABC) Twentieth Century Fox Television e. THE OFFICE (NBC) Universal Media Studios, Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC
19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. TONI COLLETTE UNITED STATES OF TARA b. COURTENEY COX COUGAR TOWN c. EDIE FALCO NURSE JACKIE d. TINA FEY 30 ROCK e. LEA MICHELE GLEE
20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL a. ALEC BALDWIN 30 ROCK b. STEVE CARELL THE OFFICE c. DAVID DUCHOVNY CALIFORNICATION d. THOMAS JANE HUNG e. MATTHEW MORRISON GLEE
21. BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE (LIFETIME TELEVISION) Sony Pictures Television b. GREY GARDENS (HBO) Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO Films c. INTO THE STORM (HBO) Scott Free and Rainmark Films Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films d. LITTLE DORRIT (PBS) Masterpiece/BBC Co-production e. TAKING CHANCE (HBO) Motion Picture Corporation of America and Civil Dawn Pictures in association with HBO Films
22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. JOAN ALLEN GEORGIA O’KEEFFE b. DREW BARRYMORE GREY GARDENS c. JESSICA LANGE GREY GARDENS d. ANNA PAQUIN THE COURAGEOUS HEART OF IRENA SENDLER e. SIGOURNEY WEAVER PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. KEVIN BACON TAKING CHANCE b. KENNETH BRANAGH WALLANDER: ONE STEP BEHIND c. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR ENDGAME d. BRENDAN GLEESON INTO THE STORM e. JEREMY IRONS GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. JANE ADAMS HUNG b. ROSE BYRNE DAMAGES c. JANE LYNCH GLEE d. JANET McTEER INTO THE STORM e. CHLOË SEVIGNY BIG LOVE
25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. MICHAEL EMERSON LOST b. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER c. WILLIAM HURT DAMAGES d. JOHN LITHGOW DEXTER e. JEREMY PIVEN ENTOURAGE
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TweetPlaygirl won’t print naked Tiger photos
Here’s bad news for those hoping to spot a naked alley cat covered in plastic.
Playgirl won’t publish nude photos of a man believed to be golfing great Tiger Woods, according to PEOPLE.com.
“Playgirl has decided to turn down the alleged Tiger Woods nude photos, reportedly taken by camera phone by Woods himself. They were impossible to one 100 percent verify, hence the unwillingness to go there,” Daniel Nardicio, the director of marketing for the online adult magazine, told PEOPLE.
The world may not see Tiger naked (not that we want to anyway).
A British court last week barred outlets there from publishing nude photos of Woods if they exist.
In other news from the Tiger’s den, global consulting firm Accenture announced Sunday that it is ending its sponsorship of Woods.
Accenture is the first sponsor to cut ties altogether with Woods since his marital troubles came to light and since a statement Friday that the 33-year-old is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on his marriage, the Associated Press says.
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TweetNo Tiger in the buff! Lawyers block publication of nude photos
Without admitting that they exist, lawyers for Tiger Woods have managed to block the release of nude photos featuring the millionaire golfer, according to The Cleveland Leader.
The High Court of London ruled Thursday that British outlets can not publish any potential nude photos or videos of Woods.
According to the Leader, Woods’ attorney send the following statement to publications and bloggers across the pond:
“This Order is not to be taken as an admission that any such photographs exist. And in the event that these photographs do exist, and it is not admitted, any such images may have been fabricated, altered, manipulated and or changed to create the false appearance and impression that they are nude photographs of our client.
Well, well, well and the plot thickens.
In other news from the Woods, one of Tiger’s alleged mistresses told Today show host Meredith Vieira Friday Dec. 11, that all she got from her affair with the millionaire golfer was a broken heart.
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“I didn’t even get a birthday card,” Jamie Jungers said. “I got nothing out of this relationship but a broken heart.”
More of the interview with Jungers will air during “The Secret Life of Tiger Woods,” 9 p.m. Today, Friday, Dec. 11 on NBC’s “Dateline.”
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TweetTiger Woods mistress #99: ‘I didn’t even get a birthday card’
What’s the point of being a home wrecker if you can’t even get plastic surgery out of it.
Jamie Jungers, one of about 1 million women who claim an affair with Tiger Woods, told Today show host Meredith Vieira that she fell in love with the married, millionaire golfer during a sexual liaison in 2005.
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Jungers said she knew the skirt chasing alley cat has a wife at home, but always sort of had a crush on him.
She said she thought the relationship would amount to a one-night stand, but it evolved into a boyfriend/girlfriend thing that Woods didn’t try to hide.
Jungers denied she was an escort and media reports that Woods paid her for sex or financed her liposuction.
“I didn’t even get a birthday card,” the 26-year-old Las Vegas cocktail waitress/ lingerie model said. “I got nothing out of this relationship but a broken heart.”
Yeah … cry me a river.
More of the interview with Jungers will air during “The Secret Life of Tiger Woods,” 9 p.m. Today, Friday, Dec. 11 on NBC’s “Dateline.”
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TweetBilly Joel and Christie Brinkley fire back at ‘vicious lies’ about daughter
They maybe divorced, but Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley are united in the fight against what they are calling false reports about their 23-year-old daughter.
The superstar former couple says that a New York Post story about their daughter’s recent suicide attempt was “filled with vicious lies and attempts to smear our character and that of our beloved daughter,” the Associated Press reports.
In an article Tuesday, Dec. 8, The Post claimed Alexa Ray Joel attempted suicide after a fight with her mother during a family vacation ‘from hell’ in Turks and Caicos.
Brinkley and Joel asked the public and media to consider the source before drawing conclusions.
The mean-spirited article makes Brinkley sound like a mix between Joan Crawford and Freddy Krugger.
It claimed the supermodel bashed Billy Joel constantly and urged her daughter to stay “slim at all costs” even if it meant spitting out brownies.
Now what kind of psycho would spit out a brownie?
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TweetSurvivor star clear of cancer cells
“Survivor” star Ethan Zohn is on his way to being a different kind of survivor.
The winner of “Survivor: Africa” has received holiday cheer in the form of a clear cancer screening, according to PEOPLE.com.
After five weeks of radiation treatment, the strapping 36-year-old recently received word that his body has no active cancer cells.
“This is the best possible news I could have gotten at this stage of my journey,” Zohn says in a PEOPLE.com article.
He thanked his fans for their support and prayers.
Zohn, who won the hit reality show’s third season, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in April.
Despite the great news, his battle is not over. Doctors are still planning to preform a stem-cell transplant operation.
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TweetIt’s a baby boy for supermodel and quarterback
We know of at least one baby who won’t have trouble finding a date in the hospital nursery.
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her football playing hubby Tom Brady welcomed a baby boy in to the world Tuesday night.
Brady, a New England Patriot, called the baby boy’s birth “a wonderful experience in my life,” according to the Associated Press.
The quaterback and supermodel married in February.
It is the first child for Bundchen and the second for Brady. He has a 2-year-old son with actress Bridget Moynahan.
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TweetListen to 911 call for Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law
Good gosh, as if Elin Nordegren didn’t have enough trouble with an alleged cat chasing husband on her hands.
It seems the former model and wife of super star golfer Tiger Woods is the woman who called 911 to her home Tuesday, Dec. 8, to report that a woman had fainted.
“Oh my God, my mom just collapsed,” a frantic woman believed to be Elin told a 911 dispatcher. “She collapsed in the bathroom. What do I do?”
The New York Post obtained a copy of the 911 tape. Hear it below.
The woman said she heard her mother fall and ran into the bathroom.
Elin’s mother Barbro Holmberg was taken to the hospital from Tiger Woods’ Orlando-area mansion. She was later released.
Tiger Woods has apparently followed a long line of powerful/well-known men who cheat. And of course it has nothing to do with looks (Tiger’s wife was a frackin’ model). Why do you think they do it?
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TweetRachael Ray to air update show on local community
“The Rachael Ray Show” will update its viewers on Wilmington during a segment set to run 12 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, on WKEF-TV channel 22.
Ray received such an overwhelming response to her Thanksgiving show taped in Wilmington that she wanted to update her audience about what has happened since, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Ray hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in Wilmington last month.
Cincinnati native and former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey also appeared as did HGTV stars Carter Oosterhouse and Kahi Lee.
Oosterhouse, host of “Carter Can” overhauled the kitchen at Sugartree Ministry Center.
Center director Allen Willoughby will appear on Ray show Wednesday. The soup kitchen received a year’s supply of food from Sarah Lee.
The show will include additional stories from Wilmington, including the show’s visit to an animal shelter.
Wilmington residents were rocked when DHL, that community’s major employer, announced last year that it was leaving.
The company has ceased most operations there.
Comedian Jay Leno in May preformed two free shows there as part of Jay’s Comedy Stimulus Plan.
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TweetBryant Gumbel announces cancer bout on Regis and Kelly
More proof that cancer can affect anyone.
One of the ‘Today’ show’s most popular former hosts announced today, Dec. 8, that he had lung cancer surgery two months ago and kept it secret.
Bryant Gumbel made the announcement while filling in for Regis Philbin on “Live! with Regis and Kelly.” Philbin is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
See clip of Gumbel’s announcement on PEOPLE.com
The HBO “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” host said a malignant tumor was removed from his lung.
Gumbel said doctors hope he is cancer free. His plans to see his surgeon next week.
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TweetTiger Woods’ mother-in-law admitted to hospital
From the Associated Press
OCOEE, Fla. - Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains early Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Someone called 911 from the golfer’s Orlando-area mansion about 2:35 a.m.
Barbro Holmberg was taken by ambulance to Health Central Hospital, where she was in stable condition later Tuesday, hospital spokesman Dan Yates said. He said her condition was not serious but he could not be more specific because of privacy laws.
Holmberg, who arrived in the U.S. a few days ago, lives in Sweden and is the mother of Woods’ wife, Elin.
Health Central is the same hospital where Woods was treated after he crashed his sport utility vehicle outside his home last month.
Yates said Holmberg was in a private room and the family has hired additional security to keep the media away. He said family members have visited her, but he would say who.
“She’s in a wing that helps protect her privacy,” Yates said.
Media attention has been focused on the world’s No. 1 golfer since he hit a hydrant and a tree around 2:25 a.m. on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
The Florida Highway Patrol last week cited Woods for careless driving and fined him $164.
The accident - and Woods’ refusal to answer questions about it - fueled speculation about a possible dispute between him and Elin.
Just days before the crash, a National Enquirer story alleged Woods had been seeing a New York nightclub hostess, Rachel Uchitel, who has denied it. After the crash, Us Weekly reported that a Los Angeles cocktail waitress named Jaimee Grubbs claims she had a 31-month affair with Woods.
Last week, Woods issued a statement saying he had let his family down with unspecified “transgressions” that he regrets with “all of my heart.” He did not elaborate.
A police report on the crash released Monday showed that a Florida trooper who suspected Woods was driving under the influence sought a subpoena for the golfer’s blood results from the hospital he was taken to after the crash, but prosecutors rejected the petition for insufficient information.
A witness, who wasn’t identified in the report, told trooper Joshua Evans that Woods had been drinking alcohol earlier. The same witness also said Woods had been prescribed two drugs, Ambien and Vicodin.
The report did not say who the witness was but added it was the same person who pulled Woods from the vehicle after the accident. Woods’ wife, Elin, has told police that she used a golf club to smash the back windows of the Cadillac Escalade to help her husband out. His injuries were minor.
The sister of a neighbor who called 911 after the crash told troopers that Holmberg and Woods’ mother, were also at the scene, but the AP has not been able to confirm that.
Eva Malmborg, a spokeswoman for Holmberg, said she could not comment on Tuesday’s reports.
Malmborg confirmed Holmberg had taken a week’s leave from her job as Gavleborg county governor in central-east Sweden, but said she did not know where Holmberg had gone.
There was no sign of emergency workers later Tuesday morning at the Woods’ gated community, where luxury SUVs and cars drove in and out as a few reporters and television news trucks milled around outside.
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TweetBilly Joel’s daughter recovering, released from hospital after overdose
Alexa Ray Joel, the 23-year-old daughter of pop icon Billy Joel and former supermodel Christie Brinkley, has been released from a New York hospital after being admitted there Saturday for a possible suicide attempt.
She is recovering at her father’s home, according to Newsday.
Joel told Newsday his daughter got to the hospital shortly after overdosing pills at her Greenwich Village apartment.
“She is going to be fine,” Joel told the newspaper Saturday.
Alexa Ray Joel, a singer-songwriter, took several pills after a breakup with her boyfriend, according to PEOPLE.com .
The Piano Man” singer and Christie Brinkley divorced in 1994. Alexa Ray is the only child they had together.
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TweetKatt Williams questioned after Walmart ruckus
Looks like Katt Williams is rolling back the crazy, but maybe this time he is an innocent “pimp.”
The Dayton-raised comic’s bizarro run-ins with the law continue.
He was questioned today, Friday, Dec. 4, by police in connection to an incident in the parking lot of a Georgia Walmart, according to online reports.
Details are sketchy to say the lest.
Here are a couple we dug up:
Police in Newnan, Ga. responded to disturbance calls around 2 p.m. at a Walmart there, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
According to WSBTV.com, Shirley and Tony Williams, the mother and brother of Katt Williams’ girlfriend Yolanda, were charged with disorderly conduct.
Shirley and Tony Williams allegedly confronted Katt Williams and accused him of endangering Yolanda’s welfare, the TV station reports. It noted that the “Norbit” star was questioned, but not charged.
Police said that Katt Williams was not armed, but that’s not what 911 callers - a woman and a man - lead them to believe, TMZ said.
One 911 caller said the incident involved a problem with Williams and someone pulled out a shotgun, according to a 911 tape posted on TMZ.com.
It was not immediately clear who made the calls.
You can probably come up with some suspects.
Georgia law has not been kind to Williams this year.
He was arrested Monday, Nov. 9, in Georgia and charged with burglary and criminal trespassing.
The pint-sized funnyman is best known for roles in “First Sunday,” “Friday After Next,” Eddie Murphy’s “Norbit, ” the HBO special “Katt Williams: Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1,” and Comedy Central’s celebrity roasts.
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TweetWill Taylor Swift best Beyonce at Grammys?
Bouncy and Taylor will square up where it really counts - the Grammy Awards.
Beyonce is nominated for 10 Grammys while Taylor is up for eight.
Both are in the running in the all-important “Record of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and Song of the Year” categories.
Grammy Awards air Jan. 31 on CBS.
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Watching music awards has been a sporting event of sorts since kooky Kanye West “stole” Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV’s Video Music Awards earlier this year.
West announced that he thought Beyonce should have won the award for Best Female Video instead of Swift.
Swift bested the late Michael Jackson, Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga and Eminem for Artist of the Year at the 2009 American Music Awards.
Can’t wait to see who Adam Lambert kisses this time.
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TweetIs Tiger’s alleged cat chasing any of our business?
It turns out that Tiger isn’t so purrr-fect after all.
Tiger Woods apologized Wednesday for “transgressions” that he regrets with all of his heart.
Watch Chinese news agency’s CGI re-enactment below
Rumor has it that the “transgressions” had the golfing great running around with several foxes while his wife took care of the cubs.
Tiger crashed his car outside his Florida home last week. The shocking crash deepened speculation about problems within his marriage to former model Elin Nordegren.
It also gave everyone something to talk about with their families during the long Thanksgiving holiday.
We are clearly interested, but is it any of our business?
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